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Wisdom of Ben Sira 36:21-27
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 36:21-27
New Catholic Bible
21 Reward those who hope in you,
and let your prophets be proved true.
22 Hear, O Lord, the prayer of your servants,
according to the blessing of Aaron for[a] your people.
Thus, all who live on the earth will acknowledge
that you are the Lord, the God of the ages.
Giving Proof of Discernment[b]
23 The stomach takes in all kinds of food,
yet some foods are better than others.
24 As the palate discerns the types of meat,
so a discerning mind can recognize lying words.
25 A perverse mind causes grief,
but a man of experience knows how to pay such a one back.
Knowing How To Choose a Good Wife[c]
26 A woman will accept any man as a husband,
yet one daughter will be preferable to another.
27 A woman’s beauty causes a man’s face to light up,
and there is nothing a man desires more.
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 36:22 According to the blessing of Aaron for: Hebrew reads: “according to your goodwill toward.”
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 36:23 After the moment of emotion, we rediscover the current teaching of the master who loves well-rhymed and beautiful images.
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 36:26 Certainly, the situation between men and women at this epoch is far from one of equality. Therefore, the elevated idea that the author—so distrustful at times—has of the good wife is most relevant (see Sir 26:1-4, 15-18).
